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Job Description
Assist surgeons during surgery by performing duties such as tissue retraction, insertion of tubes and intravenous lines, or closure of surgical wounds. Perform preoperative and postoperative duties to facilitate patient care.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-2099.07
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Surgical Assistants”.
Also Known As…
- Surgical Assistants
- Surgical Technician (Surgical Tech)
- Surgical Scrub Technician (Surgical Scrub Tech)
- Surgical First Assistant
- Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA)
- Gastrointestinal Technician (GI Technician)
- Certified Surgical Technician
- Certified Surgical First Assistant (CSFA)
- Certified Surgical Assistant (CSA)
- Certified Registered Nurse First Assistant (CRNFA)
- Certified First Assistant (CFA)
- Surgical Assistant-Certified (SA-C)
- Surgical Assistant
- Surgery Technician
- Operating Room Technician
- Operating Room Assistant
- First Assistant
- Assistant-at-Surgery
Tasks for “Surgical Services Assistant”
- Discuss with surgeon the nature of the surgical procedure, including operative consent, methods of operative exposure, diagnostic or laboratory data, or patient-advanced directives or other needs.
- Assist in volume replacement or autotransfusion techniques.
- Gather, arrange, or assemble instruments or supplies.
- Operate sterilizing devices.
- Maintain an unobstructed operative field, using surgical retractors, sponges, or suctioning and irrigating equipment.
- Prepare and apply sterile wound dressings.
- Assess skin integrity or other body conditions upon completion of the procedure to determine if damage has occurred from body positioning.
- Coordinate or participate in the positioning of patients, using body stabilizing equipment or protective padding to provide appropriate exposure for the procedure or to protect against nerve damage or circulation impairment.
- Assist in applying casts, splints, braces, or similar devices.
- Cover patients with surgical drapes to create and maintain a sterile operative field.
- Transport patients to operating room.
- Assist with patient resuscitation during cardiac arrest or other life-threatening events.
- Apply sutures, staples, clips, or other materials to close skin, facia, or subcutaneous wound layers.
- Obtain or inspect sterile or non-sterile surgical equipment, instruments, or supplies.
- Pass instruments or supplies to surgeon during procedure.
- Monitor and maintain aseptic technique throughout procedures.
- Determine availability of necessary equipment or supplies for operative procedures.
- Monitor patient intra-operative status, including patient position, vital signs, or volume and color of blood.
- Adjust and maintain operating room temperature, humidity, or lighting, according to surgeon's specifications.
- Postoperatively inject a subcutaneous local anesthetic agent to reduce pain.
- Clamp, ligate, or cauterize blood vessels to control bleeding during surgical entry, using hemostatic clamps, suture ligatures, or electrocautery equipment.
- Assist members of surgical team with gowning or gloving.
- Coordinate with anesthesia personnel to maintain patient temperature.
- Insert or remove urinary bladder catheters.
- Assist in the insertion, positioning, or suturing of closed-wound drainage systems.
- Incise tissue layers in lower extremities to harvest veins.
- Verify the identity of patient or operative site.
- Remove patient hair or disinfect incision sites to prepare patient for surgery.
Related Technology & Tools
- Blanket warmer cabinets
- Surgical robots
- Personal computers
- Laptop computers
- Pressure steam autoclaves
- Sterile gowns
- Cell savers
- Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Nd:YAG lasers
- Powered surgical drills
- Flash sterilizers
- Body stabilizers
- Surgical fracture tables
- Urinary catheters
- Intravenous IV sets
- Surgical dermatomes
- Hypothermia units
- Suction machines
- Mayo stands
- Cauterizing equipment
- Medical image processing printers
- C-arm tables
- Surgical scalpels
- Patient positioning devices
- Telethermometers
- Patient transport stretchers
- Suture kits
- Wound drains
- Nerve stimulators
- Specimen collection containers
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Eye magnets
- Cardiac monitoring equipment
- Fluid warmers
- Hospital intercom equipment
- Automated external defibrillators AED
- Surgical masks
- Surgical protective goggles
- Surgical retractors
- Pagers
- Fiberoptic endoscopes
- Subcutaneous injection syringes
- Vascular clamps
- Carbon dioxide CO2 lasers
- Heart pacemakers
- Pneumatic tourniquets
- Blood warming equipment
- Hemostat clamps
- Endoscopic camera/video systems
- Angiocaths
- Surgical clamps
- Desktop computers
- Sterile drapes
- Medical staple kits
- Surgical trocars
- Anesthesia carts
- Surgical razors
- Laparoscopes
- Surgical gloves
- Cast cutting saws
- Eye lasers
- Ethylene Oxide sterilizers
- Head stabilizers
- Argon beam coagulators
- Surgery workflow communication software
- Patient scheduling software
- Microsoft Excel
- Patient tracking software
- MEDITECH software
- Supply documentation software
- Electronic medical record EMR software
- Nursing documentation software